China Executes 13 on Terror Charges
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 16th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
China Executes 13 on Terror Charges
China executed 13 people Monday who were indicted on terrorism charges related to attacks on public places in Xinjiang province in recent months, according to Xinhua news agency. Those executed are believed to be close to or part of China’s Uyghur minority, a mainly Turkic-speaking Muslim population. Chinese authorities say they apprehended more than 200 terror cells in Xinjiang last year and, according to Xinhua, China’s leaders have “vowed to resolutely stop terrorism and severely punish terrorists.”